VANCOUVER COMMUNITY NETWORK ASSOCIATION
Minutes of Board Meeting
June 18, 1996
Present: Margaret Coates (Chair), Andrey Fedoroff (acting Secretary),
Penny Goldsmith, Greg Sturk, Neil K. Guy, Lorne Gray
Absent: Larry Kuehn, George Lindholm, Godwin Chan, Ross Penner,
Stephanie Fletcher, Vic Vaivads, Jennifer Higgins-Ingham, Nicholas Fong.
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:15p.m.
2. M/S/C. The agenda was adopted as printed.
3. M/S/C Minutes of April 23, 1996 approved.
4. Business arising from minutes:
A) Site Relocation:
- Neil reported difficulties regarding the Centrex line configuration.
B.C. Tel has proposed a costly alternative. Jason, Vic and Brian are
contacts for the phone problems. Margaret to discuss situation with
Jason and report to next board meeting.
B) "On Line" Education Society:
- on hold pending outcome of legal action decision on charitable status
of VCN. We will wait two weeks for decision before proceeding with Ed.
Society charitable status application.
C) Power Up Conference
- excellent job was noted by Margaret and others for work done by staff
and volunteers.
- Penny provided summary report of conference followed by discussion:
- poor attendance
- will be repeated next year.
- good promotion for VCN
- should attend again next year
- should look for other opportunities for similar presentations.
- Women On Internet Presentation was given by Penny at Power Up Conference.
- well attended (approx. 25 women)
- VCN information package was distributed.
D) M/S/C Penny appointed as VCN's new representative to B.C.
Community Networks, replacing Brian Campbell.
5. Fundraising/Treasurers Report.
- Andrey presented status of e-mail solicitations regarding the
membership drive and donations drive. Good and bad responses have been
received although actual tabulations of dollars have not yet been completed.
- Treasury report was presented by Andrey and outlined cash flow
situation following receipt of financial statements of March and April.
Need for additional funds will be critical within next 6 months.
6. A) Summer Students:
- Andrey, Neil, and staff will interview selected candidates next week
for start date of June 26.
B) Board Complement:
- M/S/C Motion to remove Godwin Chan from Board.
- M/S/C Motion to remove Nicholas Fong from Board.
- Margaret Coates call Stephanie Fletcher to determine her intention to
stay on Board.
- M/S/C Motion to accept Board resignation of Jennifer Higgins-Ingham.
- New Board Members:
- will advertise and accept resumes from interested candidates for Board
positions. Andrey and Lorne to select and begin interviewing candidates
following July 5.
C) Job Jar:
- Neil has listed jobs requiring volunteer assistance on Web page.
D) Conferences:
- Telecommunities 96 Conference in Edmonton, August 16-19th
- Penny and possibly Neil to attend as presenters. VCN to provide
subsidy to cover travel expenses following the receipt of budget
requirements not to exceed $420.00.
- Ottawa Internet Conference.
- Penny to attend at her own expense.
E) User Manual:
- final draft in final stages of completion.
F) Casino:
- VCN has been approved for Casino night July 19th @ New Westminster
Casino. Volunteers are required to help out with event from 5:00p.m. to
3:00a.m. One month pooling of revenues will be split among all nonprofit
groups for the month including VCN.
- Peter to e-mail volunteers with request for help at this event.
G) HRDC Continued:
- report being completed by Margaret re: Job Bank.
H) Buttons/T-Shirts:
- have arrived and are available at very reasonable cost!!!
I) Staffing:
- M/S/C Motion: to hire Peter Royce for additional hours no to exceed 35
hours per week from the current level of 20 hours per week.
7. Reports:
A) Greg:
- presented software package which will allow access to VCN @ public
access lines. Designed for use at all public access locations.
- decision on how or if disk should be distributed was deferred for
further discussion at next Board meeting.
B) Neil:
- new shell will be available to all users and members next week.
- user profile software will be available in near future.
- WEB page agreement for Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and personal WEB
pages was presented to Board following its review by VCN legal advisors.
This form must be printed off system and mailed in to VCN before access
will be permitted to SIG or personal WEB pages.
- M/S/C motion to approve agreement.
- policy discussion deferred to next meeting regarding the restriction of
members only for SIG access.
- USER ID policy presented by Neil.
- discussion deferred to next meeting.
- will delete commercial user ID's placed on system at present in
contravention of official VCN policy.
8. No other business.
Next Board meeting date: July 16, 1996.
Meeting adjourned at 9:10p.m.